ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss prosecutor has opened a money
laundering investigation into ousted Ukrainian
president Viktor Yanukovych and his
son Oleksander, the prosecutor's office
in Geneva said in a statement on Friday.

"A penal investigation for severe money laundering is currently
being conducted in Geneva against Viktor
Yanukovich and his son Oleksander," the prosecutor's
office said in the statement, adding it had opened the probe on
Thursday.

It said prosecutor Yves Bertossa and the police had
searched the office of a company owned
by OleksanderYanukovich on Thursday morning and seized some
documents.

Switzerland said on Thursday it would order banks to freeze
any funds in Swiss banks found to be linked any Yanukovich funds.

(Reporting by Silke Koltrowitz; Editing by Alison Williams)

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government ordered the
freezing of the assets of 20 Ukrainians, including ousted
president Viktor Yanukovich and his
son Oleksander, Switzerland's financial markets
authority FINMA said in a statement on Friday.

The government published a list of the 20 people concerned on its
website. It includes Viktor Yanukovich and his
son Oleksander.

FINMA said the Swiss government had made the decision
to block the assets on Wednesday and the measures would come into
force on Friday at noon.